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Example 1

Let f(x) be a polynomial in x - c,

f(x) = a0 + a1(x - c) + ... + an(x - c)n.

This is just a power series with all but the first n + 1 coefficients equal to zero. So by Theorem 1, the Taylor series of the polynomial is just the polynomial itself followed by infinitely many zeros,

a0 + a1(x - c) + ... + an(x - c)n + 0 + 0 + ....

We can also see this directly from Lemma 1 of the last section, namely

09_infinite_series-744.gif for m ≤ n.


Last Update: 2006-11-15